• Re: Snitch Country

    From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Dan Clough on Thu Aug 11 02:33:04 2022
    Now then, where does this poor girl live? In Russia, China or
    North Korea? Nope! She lives in Nebraska USA. And her horrendous
    crime was that she had taken an abortion pill three weeks after
    the "legal" 20 weeks...

    It must suck to be so insanely obsessed with another country. You live
    in Sweden, but all you ever think about is the USA.

    Well ... hmmmm ... maybe you could find an example how human rights are trashed in Sweden and pay him back?

    Start looking, when you find something let us know...

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  • From Dan Clough@1:123/115 to Ward Dossche on Wed Aug 10 21:29:00 2022
    Ward Dossche wrote to Dan Clough <=-

    Now then, where does this poor girl live? In Russia, China or
    North Korea? Nope! She lives in Nebraska USA. And her horrendous
    crime was that she had taken an abortion pill three weeks after
    the "legal" 20 weeks...

    It must suck to be so insanely obsessed with another country. You live
    in Sweden, but all you ever think about is the USA.

    Well ... hmmmm ... maybe you could find an example how human
    rights are trashed in Sweden and pay him back?

    That wasn't my point, and you know it.

    If he's so concerned about human rights, where are his messages
    insulting China, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, etc etc etc...?

    Yeah, that's right. There aren't any. That's because *HIS* point
    wasn't about human rights, either. It was just another cheap shot
    opportunity to poke at the USA. He's obsessed with finding fault with
    the USA, and you know it as well as I do.

    Start looking, when you find something let us know...

    It sure is interesting how you feel the need to defend him at every
    chance given. I wonder why that is.


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  • From Dan Clough@1:123/115 to Nick Andre on Wed Aug 10 21:32:00 2022
    Nick Andre wrote to Dan Clough <=-

    On 10 Aug 22 18:45:00, Dan Clough said the following to Bj*Rn
    Felten:

    It must suck to be so insanely obsessed with another country. You live
    in Sweden, but all you ever think about is the USA.

    He's just coming off the high of others celebrating his recent
    birthday apparently.

    Are you trying to tell me he's got friends? <SCOFF>

    My message-bases go back to 2003. Anytime the meatball receives
    even the most trivial of compliments he quickly posts the usual
    love letters to the USA. Every. Single. Time.

    I don't doubt it a bit.

    I actually wish him a fantastic birthday as well... one more year
    counting towards his inevitable conclusion. Sucks that it can't
    happen quick enough.

    100%. Maybe he'll visit the USA soon, where it's very dangerous. ;-)


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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Dan Clough on Thu Aug 11 11:36:28 2022
    Hi Dan,

    That wasn't my point, and you know it.

    Well, I'm not sure what your point is, but is the information which Bjorn passed around incorrect?

    The event simply is headlined in Europe, front page in newspapers kinda style ... gossiping about a girlfriend, snitching to the authorities and reporting someone indeed is what was being done in the DDR of old, and the USSR, and (I'm sorry Godwin) Nazi Germany.

    Facebook assisting the authorities in catching criminals I can live with, but you must be a pretty dumb criminal to use Messenger for illegal activities. In this case there's a frightened young girl who wants to walk away from something which spells 'disaster' for the remainder of her life and people like Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas et al have no business what goes on in a woman's belly. If only the female justices would be involved it would be 3-1 in favour of 'Roe vs Wade' ... and that says a lot.

    Yes, we are shocked by such decisions in a country which is supposed to be the beacon of freedom and democracy.

    We are also shocked that a governing body such as the US Supreme Court can be composed so unbalanced and is not ashamed to push through a political agenda. Even Americans are shocked. Last week I was in DC and the only building that was protected by riot-barriers and police was the Supreme Court ...

    How can it be that a body of 9 justices, whatever the majority, in 1973 decides that state laws banning abortion are unconstitutional and 49 years later decide that it "is" constitutional without a single letter in that constitution having been changed ... pure ridiculous ... party-political and religious driven in a country which prides itself of the separation between church and state.

    If he's so concerned about human rights, where are his messages
    insulting China, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, etc etc etc...?

    I think he has, maybe not in echoes which you read.

    Yeah, that's right. There aren't any. That's because *HIS* point
    wasn't about human rights, either. It was just another cheap shot opportunity to poke at the USA. He's obsessed with finding fault with
    the USA, and you know it as well as I do.

    On the contrary, he's a frequent former USA-traveller and in a good position to judge different systems. Even my 12yr old granddaughter who was with me in DC wondered often aloud "Are they nuts in the USA?" and that was when we were talking about healthcare, retirement, education, LGBT-rights, abortion, privacy ... 12 years and unpolluted by life ...

    It sure is interesting how you feel the need to defend him at every
    chance given. I wonder why that is.

    Him and I have fought some battles in the past and bear the scars to prove it. Museums of such battle-relics exist. And I respect an opponent who has made considerable contributions to Fidonet even though my mouth hurts when saying it. Not once when I approached him have I come home empty-handed.

    Bjorn is not an idiot, he's pretty intelligent and brilliant in his own way and I like people like that. There are others, take Michiel for instance ... we can have our differences but his intelligence must be recognized. In his statements Michiel is often right, and so is Bjorn.

    Years ago during one of the scenes of The Simpsons, Bart was writing on the blackboard "Being right sucks" ... the truth ... and the truth often hurts.

    Let me tell you something silly ... your ZC as free unlimited access to the Z2 sysop-echo, writing rights and everything. I think it's a great principle. When I request access to Z1C it can't be done because the consituency feels I defend Bjorn and that's unacceptable ... pathetic ... certainly when you realise these restricted echoes can be freely read on BBS-es.

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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to IB Joe on Thu Aug 11 18:22:16 2022
    You should look into the a little further... apparently her and her
    mother aborted her baby... without a DR... Burned the baby... put it in
    a grave.... dug it back up to burn it some more and put it back in the ground...

    You forgot that they finally ate the now well done baby. With French fries, ketchup and mustard.



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  • From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Alan Ianson on Thu Aug 11 17:51:22 2022
    On 11 Aug 22 13:29:16, Alan Ianson said the following to Nick Andre:

    Humans are sexual animals. They just are. They have sex because they are programmed that way.

    Absolving any and all personal responsibility?

    I think women have a right to advice and healthy choices although that may not be the case everywhere.

    Fine with me. Read exactly what happens during an abortion procedure and come back to me with your take on how healthy it is. "Look it up" you used to say.

    And Facebook spilling personal messages..... PPPPPPPPPPPFFFFFFFFFFFFFT.

    People "know" or should know what they're in for when they sign up with a company with a sole business to harvest personal data. No sympathy at all. Actually a fine example of that "untrustworthy American capitalism" certain morons love to whine about.

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  • From IB Joe@1:342/200 to Alan Ianson on Thu Aug 11 16:56:38 2022
    On 11 Aug 2022, Alan Ianson said the following...

    IB Joe wrote to Bj”rn Felten:

    She murdered a baby... tried to conceal what she did....

    No, you are using the wrong word. She had an abortion, that was a choice she made.

    No Abortion is legal in the US, even after the Supreme court kicked it back to the states.... What they did was illegal... It's not a pro-life pro-choice thing.... Some states will abort a baby post birth... New Jersey boasts this postnatal abortions...

    What they did was break the law and they are paying the price. There were ways to handle this, in a lawful way, they chose not to...

    IB Joe
    AKA Joe Schweier
    SysOp of Joe's BBS
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  • From Dan Clough@1:123/115 to Alan Ianson on Thu Aug 11 18:31:00 2022
    Alan Ianson wrote to Dan Clough <=-

    She did abort her baby at 23 weeks. That's one thing.

    Which is an illegal act, even before the recent Roe V Wade change.

    Yes, that what they keep telling me.

    When will you begin to understand it? She broke the law.

    That doesn't change what the authorities (and facebook) are doing.

    Correct, they were investigating a crime.

    If facebook can divulge this young ladies private messages with
    her mother (or anyone else) they can divulge mine and yours too.
    I have a problem with that and it has nothing to do with a womans
    choice (or lack thereof).

    Yes, they could divulge mine and yours, *IF* we were being investigated
    for suspicion of having committed a crime. Do you not understand the difference here?

    Young women should have a choice and healthy options in a
    situation like hers.

    She had at least TWO choices and healthy options - have the baby (and
    keep it), or have the baby and give it up for adoption.

    That much is obvious. People have babies all the time.
    You and me both are here because someone had a baby.
    There is no need for senators, congressmen or law makers. People
    can do this and they do it all the time.

    All of the above is irrelevant, and you did not address what I said *AT* *ALL*. Want to try again? Do you see that she had at least two good
    options, but chose something else?

    Instead she broke the law and murdered a baby. Hopefully she (and the others involved) get some jail time for it.

    She did not murder a baby, she had an abortion. That was a choice
    she made for herself. I don't think that makes her a murderer.

    What you think doesn't matter. It's what the law says. After 20 weeks
    (and in some states it's 15 weeks), it's no longer a "fetus", it's a
    *BABY*. She murdered a baby, it's that simple. Law enforcement had the warrants needed to get Facebook to give up information that they felt
    was evidence of a crime. What don't you understand about this?

    This is *NOT* a question on what someone (you) (or me) may believe about "abortion rights". This is an investigation into a probable crime.
    Please try to understand the difference between that and your personal opinions.



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  • From Dan Clough@1:123/115 to Ward Dossche on Thu Aug 11 18:36:00 2022
    Ward Dossche wrote to Dan Clough <=-

    She had at least TWO choices and healthy options - have the baby (and
    keep it), or have the baby and give it up for adoption.

    Whatever happens to the female's body after she gets pregnant, is
    totally up to the female, not to a group of grumpy old men and
    religious nut-cases who were not appointed because of their
    medical knowledge but because of their political record in
    handling cases.

    Thanks for sharing your *OPINION*. It does not match up against current
    USA law, no matter how much you wring your hands and stomp the floor.

    The law is the law, and it doesn't matter if a judge is left
    right or center leaning.

    Well, there you go! You do understand! Makes your statement above all
    the more curious, though... This young lady BROKE THE FUCKING LAW.

    And Clarence Thomas should never have become a justice at the
    supreme court in the first place. He was picked because of his
    colour and his conservative record, should've kept his hands off
    of Anita Hill, didn't even recluse himself ...

    This paragraph is *COMPLETELY* irrelevant to the discussion, and again
    is just your opinion. "Should never have become..." means... nothing.
    What it actually is, is you starting/attempting to divert the discussion
    at hand away from the fact that a young lady broke the law and is being investigated/prosecuted for it, and swing it into a debate about the USA Supreme Court. Sorry, very transparent and seems more like something
    that Beeorn would do. Try to focus and stay with us.



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  • From Dan Clough@1:123/115 to Ward Dossche on Thu Aug 11 18:47:00 2022
    Ward Dossche wrote to IB Joe <=-

    She murdered a baby... tried to conceal what she did....

    1) Foetuses are viable somewhere after the 24th week completes.
    Up until that
    moment it isn't a live person, hence cannot be murdered;

    That's somewhat of a blurry line, which is clearly debateable.

    3) Granted, it was in a very late stage I read. In this coutry 20
    months is
    the cut-off date. After that one needs a very good medical
    reason;

    Assuming you meant "weeks" there, and it's generally the same here. No abortions after 20 weeks. So, again, a crime was committed.

    The real issue here for me is how Facebook / Meta deals with
    privacy ... divulges private messages between two individuals.

    Easily answered: They do it when legally ordered to by a valid warrant/subpoena by a law enforcement agency. Quite simple, really. I honestly can't understand how people don't grasp this.



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  • From Dan Clough@1:123/115 to Alan Ianson on Thu Aug 11 18:50:00 2022
    Alan Ianson wrote to Nick Andre <=-

    Fine with me. Read exactly what happens during an abortion procedure and come back to me with your take on how healthy it is. "Look it up" you
    used to say.

    This is why abortion should not be illegal. Women need advice and
    healthy choices. If abortion is illegal women are left with
    unsafe choices.

    You keep forgetting that they ALWAYS have a safe choice: Have the baby
    and give it up for adoption.

    And Facebook spilling personal messages..... PPPPPPPPPPPFFFFFFFFFFFFFT.

    People "know" or should know what they're in for when they sign up with a company with a sole business to harvest personal data. No sympathy at all. Actually a fine example of that "untrustworthy American capitalism" certain morons love to whine about.

    I agree with that wholly.

    Still, I don't think facebook or other social media sites should
    divulge a persons private messages.

    Even when served with a valid warrant/subpoena by law enforcement to do
    so? What other actual choice would they have?


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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757.2 to Dan Clough on Thu Aug 11 17:39:40 2022
    Dan Clough wrote to Alan Ianson:

    This is why abortion should not be illegal. Women need advice and healthy choices. If abortion is illegal women are left with
    unsafe choices.

    You keep forgetting that they ALWAYS have a safe choice: Have the baby and give it up for adoption.

    I have not forgotten. Yes, I agree those are good options but they may not
    be feasible in every case.

    Still, I don't think facebook or other social media sites should divulge a persons private messages.

    Even when served with a valid warrant/subpoena by law enforcement to do so? What other actual choice would they have?

    If facebook did get a warrant/subpoena from the authorities then facebook
    had no choice in the matter.

    I don't think a warrant/subpeona was justified in this case, or it's use justified.

    Why does facebook keep records of people's private messages? Is that normal?
    Is that acceptable?

    Ttyl,
    Al

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  • From Alan Ianson@1:153/757.2 to Alexander Grotewohl on Thu Aug 11 17:44:58 2022
    Alexander Grotewohl wrote to Alan Ianson:

    She did not murder a baby, she had an abortion. That was a choice she made for herself. I don't think that makes her a murderer.

    "I don't think" is the most important part of your post. This is an ethical and moral question.

    It's hardly important. I am just sharing my thoughts.

    I think it sounds like you're morally bankrupt given your last few posts here.

    What is it that you find "morally bankrupt"?

    There's potentially room for debate, but blind support for everyone
    who has an abortion, even one done illegally and gruesomely, is pretty messed up.

    I don't blindly support abortion. I don't care for it at all but I recognize
    a womans right to make her own choice based on her situation.

    It doesn't sound to me like the young lady we are talking about has been
    making wise choices but I don't know the story/facts so I can make no judgement.

    Ttyl,
    Al

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  • From Dan Clough@1:123/115 to Ward Dossche on Fri Aug 12 07:34:00 2022
    Ward Dossche wrote to Dan Clough <=-

    Thanks for sharing your *OPINION*. It does not match up against current USA law, no matter how much you wring your hands and stomp the floor.

    The Supreme Court recently decided, majority versus minority,
    that there is "NO" USA law covering abortion.

    Well, yes, there is no federal law supporting abortion any longer, and therefore each state has discretion on whether to allow it or not.

    Thanks for the clarification.



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  • From Dan Clough@1:123/115 to Ward Dossche on Fri Aug 12 07:36:00 2022
    Ward Dossche wrote to Dan Clough <=-

    1) Foetuses are viable somewhere after the 24th week completes.
    Up until that
    moment it isn't a live person, hence cannot be murdered;

    That's somewhat of a blurry line, which is clearly debateable.

    Not at all. My youngest daughter is a delivery nurse and she put
    in over 2 years of neo-natal care, I first checked before writing
    the above. Younger than 24 weeks a fetus is not viable and if it
    even survives childbirth will not make it. Starting at 24 full
    weeks there's a lower odds fighting chance. I've seen my daughter
    come home often enough when they again lost a fetus younger than
    24 weeks. Pretty emotional. And my other daughter lost one at 22
    weeks, probably induced by Covid19 in 2020 the same day I was hospitalized.

    Easily answered: They do it when legally ordered to by a valid warrant/subpoena by a law enforcement agency. Quite simple, really. I honestly can't understand how people don't grasp this.

    This is going to be an interesting lawsuit.

    The subpoena/warrant will be thrown out as it was issued in
    Nebraska to retrieve data stored in a data-warehouse in
    California where no law was broken...remember, the SCOTUS turned
    it over to the states.

    I will already start writing my "Told you so" message ...
    hopefully I'll remember where I stored it.

    Oh! Okay! I didn't realize you were a doctor *AND* a lawyer.
    Impressive.

    Stay safe, enjoy the week-end.

    Thanks, you too.



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  • From Dan Clough@1:123/115 to Alan Ianson on Fri Aug 12 07:46:00 2022
    Alan Ianson wrote to Dan Clough <=-

    This is why abortion should not be illegal. Women need advice and healthy choices. If abortion is illegal women are left with
    unsafe choices.

    You keep forgetting that they ALWAYS have a safe choice: Have the baby and give it up for adoption.

    I have not forgotten. Yes, I agree those are good options but
    they may not be feasible in every case.

    It's nearly always feasible. It may not be *desireable* to the pregnant woman, but it's still better than killing a baby.

    Still, I don't think facebook or other social media sites should divulge a persons private messages.

    Even when served with a valid warrant/subpoena by law enforcement to do so? What other actual choice would they have?

    If facebook did get a warrant/subpoena from the authorities then
    facebook had no choice in the matter.

    Exactly...

    I don't think a warrant/subpeona was justified in this case, or
    it's use justified.

    You can't possibly say that, as you know NOTHING about the details of
    the case. Warrants are issued by a judge after being presented by law enforcement. So, a JUDGE thought there was sufficient reason for
    Facebook to give up some records. Your opinion on this doesn't matter,
    it's a matter of *LAW*.

    Why does facebook keep records of people's private messages? Is
    that normal? Is that acceptable?

    I don't know. Perhaps it's like BBS logs. Maybe they're required to be
    kept. I don't know, and neither do you. I'm positive that every FB
    user agreed to that when they signed up, whether they realized it or
    not.

    The only people "at fault" here are the 2-3 people who apparently used FB/Messenger to discuss the killing of a baby.



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  • From Dan Clough@1:123/115 to Alan Ianson on Fri Aug 12 09:21:00 2022
    Alan Ianson wrote to IB Joe <=-

    There were legal and safe ways of doing things... They chose the
    messed up way.

    Not everyone has the means to travel to another state or country
    for medical care.

    That's what everyone says, but I think in the REAL WORLD a person can
    find a way to get across a state line. It's really not that hard.

    Every person (man or woman) should be able to get quality medical
    care in their state.

    Sounds like a nice idea in theory, but "should" is a difficult word to
    define. It's not an actual *right*, like many people somehow believe.
    Maybe one day it will be a reality.



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  • From Dan Clough@1:123/115 to Nick Andre on Fri Aug 12 09:30:00 2022
    Nick Andre wrote to Dan Clough <=-

    The real issue here for me is how Facebook / Meta deals with
    privacy ... divulges private messages between two individuals.

    Easily answered: They do it when legally ordered to by a valid warrant/subpoena by a law enforcement agency. Quite simple, really. I honestly can't understand how people don't grasp this.

    Me neither. Sign up for any social media, you accept all their
    terms, accept consequences, accept chances of them being hacked,
    leaking messages, folding witout question the moment someone from
    law enforcement flashes their badge, the whole noise over the
    Patriot Act, Prism, Snowden etc...

    Absolutely right. Nobody ever reads the "terms of agreement", but all
    that acceptance stuff is in there.

    Its exhausting hearing about how we're all to feel sorry for
    Darwin behavior.

    Agreed. It's all part of the "woke" culture bullshit.


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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to Dan Clough on Fri Aug 12 10:06:36 2022
    Re: Re: Snitch Country
    By: Dan Clough to Bj”rn Felten on Wed Aug 10 2022 06:45 pm

    You're pathetic. Fuck off, loser.

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Alan Ianson on Fri Aug 12 21:11:14 2022
    Hello Alan,

    She murdered a baby... tried to conceal what she did....

    No, you are using the wrong word. She had an abortion, that was a choice she
    made.

    Miscarriage, abortion, infanticide, what difference does it make?
    It all amounts to same thing. And since it was caused by a woman,
    that makes it an act of murder. Punishable by life in prison ...

    For Life,
    Lee

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Alan Ianson on Fri Aug 12 21:11:20 2022
    Hello Alan,

    You should look into the a little further... apparently her and her
    mother

    aborted her baby... without a DR... Burned the baby... put it in a
    grave.... dug it back up to burn it some more and put it back in the
    ground...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P0QRXth_bQ

    Who is this Salty Cracker you are following? ;)

    She did abort her baby at 23 weeks. That's one thing.

    That doesn't change what the authorities (and facebook) are doing.

    Young women should have a choice and healthy options in a situation like hers.

    And if they don't?

    What about that 10-year-old girl who had to cross state lines
    in order to get a legal abortion from a real doctor? She was raped
    at age 9 and would have been forced to carry to term otherwise,
    meaning her own death at a very young age (as well as the unborn).

    How sick of a society have we become, to force young girls to
    die rather than have access to quality health care that would save
    their lives?

    Freedom in America? Freedom to die more like it.

    OTOH, all of us are granted that freedom no matter where we live.

    For Life,
    Lee

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to IB Joe on Fri Aug 12 21:11:26 2022
    Hello IB Joe,

    You should look into the a little further... apparently her and
    her
    mother aborted her baby... without a DR... Burned the baby...
    put it
    a grave.... dug it back up to burn it some more and put it back
    in th
    ground...

    You forgot that they finally ate the now well done baby. With
    French
    fries, ketchup and mustard.


    It does not change the facts

    Facts? What are facts? There are no facts ...

    For Life,
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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to IB Joe on Fri Aug 12 21:11:32 2022
    Hello IB Joe,

    Your lack of empathy with the poor girl is deafening. I guess your
    obsession with me is clouding your judgement.

    She murdered a baby... tried to conceal what she did....

    According to a previous message you claimed she had an abortion.
    Now you are claiming she "murdered a baby" - which would be
    infanticide. So which is it?
    And did she really dig it up and roast it, as if she was a cannibal?
    Of course, she had to have done this all by herself, and put it online
    for all to see, becoming an instant star on YouTube ...

    For Life,
    Lee

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Dan Clough on Fri Aug 12 21:11:38 2022
    Hello Dan,

    [..]

    Thank you for taking the time to write such a long reply to me. I do
    not have the time, nor the motivation, to attempt to address each point you made. I'll just say that if you don't live here, you don't *REALLY* know what's going on, and leave it at that. There is no need to worry about the USA, we've got it.

    Those who live here do not really know what is going on.
    I say this in all honesty and sincerity.
    But then, I live in Louisiana.
    Don't believe me?

    State tourism motto: Come to Louisiana. Leave different.

    Yep. You do that and I guarantee Dan Clough will no no longer exist,
    having become something very different than what he was before.

    For Life,
    Lee

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Ward Dossche on Fri Aug 12 21:11:42 2022
    Hello Ward,

    That wasn't my point, and you know it.

    Well, I'm not sure what your point is, but is the information which Bjorn passed around incorrect?

    Yes, and no. Every country in the world has some skeletons. However,
    some countries are more free than others. Sweden is on the more free
    side of things.

    The event simply is headlined in Europe, front page in newspapers kinda style ... gossiping about a girlfriend, snitching to the authorities and reporting someone indeed is what was being done in the DDR of old, and the USSR, and (I'm sorry Godwin) Nazi Germany.

    Trump's vision of America is a return to the "America First" philosophy
    of Charles Lindbergh & Co. An isolationist white supremacist country
    intent on doing away with the idea of minorities having any kind of
    civil rights or equal rights - economically or politically.

    Facebook assisting the authorities in catching criminals I can live with, but you must be a pretty dumb criminal to use Messenger for illegal activities. In this case there's a frightened young girl who wants to walk away from something which spells 'disaster' for the remainder of her life and people like Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas et al have no business what goes on in a woman's belly. If only the female justices would be involved it would be 3-1 in favour of 'Roe vs Wade' .. and that says a lot.

    Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale" was a vision of a dystopian
    future that everybody understood as fiction. But could become an evil
    reality that people accept in a not to distant future.

    Yes, we are shocked by such decisions in a country which is supposed to be the beacon of freedom and democracy.

    What is freedom? And what is democracy if freedom exists only for
    those who have been approved to participate?

    We are also shocked that a governing body such as the US Supreme Court can be composed so unbalanced and is not ashamed to push through a political agenda. Even Americans are shocked. Last week I was in DC and the only building that was protected by riot-barriers and police was the Supreme Court ...

    Tyranny of the minority (dictatorship), or tyranny of the majority
    (mob rule)? Which would you prefer? Do any of us really have a choice?

    How can it be that a body of 9 justices, whatever the majority, in 1973 decides that state laws banning abortion are unconstitutional and 49 years later decide that it "is" constitutional without a single letter in that constitution having been changed ...

    The US Constitution has been amended - 27 times - since 1789. Of
    course, sometimes those amendments do take a good while to be ratified,
    such as the 27th Amendment, originally proposed September 25, 1789
    and ratified May 7, 1992.

    pure ridiculous ...

    Is it? There have been 40,000+ attempts to amend the US Constitution,
    and only 27 successful amendments being ratified, since 1791.

    What is your country's batting average?

    party-political and religious driven in a country which prides itself of the
    separation between church and state.

    Just because no religious test is required to hold office does not
    mean there is separation between church and state, the USA being a
    Christian nation, as noted by those who signed the US Constitution
    by unaminomous consent on 17 September in the Year of our Lord 1787.

    If he's so concerned about human rights, where are his messages
    insulting China, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, etc etc etc...?

    I think he has, maybe not in echoes which you read.

    There are many fine restaurants here, representing many lands, but
    none that I know of that serve fermented herring.

    Yeah, that's right. There aren't any. That's because *HIS* point
    wasn't about human rights, either. It was just another cheap shot
    opportunity to poke at the USA. He's obsessed with finding fault with
    the USA, and you know it as well as I do.

    On the contrary, he's a frequent former USA-traveller and in a good position
    to judge different systems. Even my 12yr old granddaughter who was with me in DC wondered often aloud "Are they nuts in the USA?" and that was when we
    were talking about healthcare, retirement, education, LGBT-rights, abortion, privacy ... 12 years and unpolluted by life ...

    Here in Louisiana we used to have a universal health care system.
    Everybody resident was eligible, and had access to quality health
    care as a result. But then came a governor (Bobby "Piyush" Jindal)
    who did not like the idea and decided to get rid of it. Health care
    for profit, meaning for those who could afford it. He left office
    with very low approval ratings.

    It sure is interesting how you feel the need to defend him at every
    chance given. I wonder why that is.

    Him and I have fought some battles in the past and bear the scars to prove it. Museums of such battle-relics exist. And I respect an opponent who has made considerable contributions to Fidonet even though my mouth hurts when saying it. Not once when I approached him have I come home empty-handed.

    Fidonet is what sysops and non-sysops make it to be. Some will
    contribute, others not. But the more who do the better Fidonet will
    be.

    Bjorn is not an idiot, he's pretty intelligent and brilliant in his own way
    and I like people like that. There are others, take Michiel for instance ... we can have our differences but his intelligence must be recognized. In
    his statements Michiel is often right, and so is Bjorn.

    There are even rare occasions that I get lucky. Whether anybody else
    recognizes it is another matter ...

    Years ago during one of the scenes of The Simpsons, Bart was writing on the
    blackboard "Being right sucks" ... the truth ... and the truth often hurts.

    "What is truth?" ~Pilate to Jesus

    I would be truly scared if ever I meet someone who has found the truth.

    Let me tell you something silly ... your ZC as free unlimited access to the
    Z2 sysop-echo, writing rights and everything. I think it's a great principle. When I request access to Z1C it can't be done because the consituency feels I defend Bjorn and that's unacceptable ... pathetic .. certainly when you realise these restricted echoes can be freely read on BBS-es.

    Why should any echo be restricted? Transparency should rule all
    of Fidonet. After all, what do sysops from any zone have to hide?

    For Life,
    Lee

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  • From MATT MUNSON@1:218/109 to Alan Ianson on Sat Aug 13 21:49:42 2022
    How far should someone travel for health care?

    If you need services travel to where you can get it at the best price and best timeliness of services. If I was British and I had a hard time getting private dentistry, id fly to the United States to get dental treatment.

    ... I am NOT a tagline THIEF. I am a tagline CONSERVATIONIST.

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/107 to Björn Felten on Sun Aug 14 09:12:06 2022
    What part of neutrality do you not understand? If Sweden had treated Germany differently than the Allies, how could that mean neutrality? Should we suddenly refuse to sell iron ore to Germany, while continuing
    to sell to England?

    Did you allow English troops to move over your soil between Norway and
    Finland? When Germany asked Sweden not to allow refugees from Norway
    across the border, what happened? Favoring one beligerent over another is
    not neutrality.

    It's not like we sold huge computer systems to the Nazis, to help
    them with their Holocaust, is it?

    That was a private firm, not a government decision. I have no alligence to IBM.


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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to IB Joe on Mon Aug 15 14:54:42 2022
    Hello IB Joe,


    Do you expect the governor of California or some other state to foot
    the
    bill?


    The governor of California publicly stated he would do this for anyone who wants an abortion but their state says no... So, yes... I would expect him to foot the bill.

    The state of Louisiana used to have a charity hospital system.
    Worked great for decades, thanks to Huey Long and his brother, Earl.
    In fact, such a system would do wonders for California. Rather than
    people leaving the state in droves, people would start flocking back
    in. And then there would be no more room for immigrants from Mexico.

    For Life,
    Lee

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Björn Felten on Mon Aug 15 14:54:56 2022
    Hello Bj”rn,

    ... Some people are born stupid, others work to acquire it.

    What was your method? 8-)

    Listening to Tucker Carlson will work.

    Yeah. But Tucker Carlson gets paid for it.

    For Life,
    Lee

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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Dale Shipp on Mon Aug 15 16:57:04 2022
    How far should someone travel for health care?

    If you need services travel to where you can get it at the
    best price and best timeliness of services. If I was
    British and I had a hard time getting private dentistry, id
    fly to the United States to get dental treatment.

    I had a friend who would always go to a foreign country ( I think it was Singapore) for his dental treatment. He was in part aided by the fact
    that much of his air travel could be done with frequent flyer miles.

    Friend of mine's daughter was in a student exchange programme for a year in the neighbourhood of Fort Worth and needed dental care. It was cheaper having her flown back to Europe, have the thing done and fly her back to Texas than having it done overthere in the first place.

    \%/@rd

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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Matthew Munson on Tue Aug 16 14:13:26 2022
    We also have another crap bill SB 107 who wants to offer trans surgeries and medicine to out of state residents. My state is going to get broke
    from all this stuff in California. I like to find out ways to dodge
    paying sales tax whenever i can. Like buying crap from foreign countries.

    My opinion:

    1) It's OK to be trans. Don't bother me with it. You need surgery? It's not
    'healthcare', pay for it yourself.

    2) How about buying stuff in states without sales tax? Montana for example ..

    \%/@rd

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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Dan Clough on Tue Aug 16 14:14:20 2022
    Friend of mine's daughter was in a student exchange programme for
    a year in the neighbourhood of Fort Worth and needed dental care.
    It was cheaper having her flown back to Europe, have the thing
    done and fly her back to Texas than having it done overthere in
    the first place.

    Your wooden nose just grew another inch.

    My oldest daughter had major surgery with a galbladder removal. Single room in hospital, TV, WiFi for the time she was hospitalized ... I paid 1.29 Euro because she asked for an extra bottle of water one day.

    When my wife and I were hospitalized for some weeks in 2020 with an acute Covid19 infection we paid around 230 Euro for like 14 days in a private isolation room, the both of us, TV, Wifi, luxury meals, doctors, medication, tests ...

    I have several examples ... Do I need to explain to you the cost of healthcare, whatever healthcare, in the USA ?

    \%/@rd

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  • From Dan Clough@1:123/115 to Ward Dossche on Tue Aug 16 07:41:00 2022
    Ward Dossche wrote to Dan Clough <=-

    Friend of mine's daughter was in a student exchange programme for
    a year in the neighbourhood of Fort Worth and needed dental care.
    It was cheaper having her flown back to Europe, have the thing
    done and fly her back to Texas than having it done overthere in
    the first place.

    Your wooden nose just grew another inch.

    My oldest daughter had major surgery with a galbladder removal.
    Single room in hospital, TV, WiFi for the time she was
    hospitalized ... I paid 1.29 Euro because she asked for an extra
    bottle of water one day.

    Irrelevant to this discussion.

    When my wife and I were hospitalized for some weeks in 2020 with
    an acute Covid19 infection we paid around 230 Euro for like 14
    days in a private isolation room, the both of us, TV, Wifi,
    luxury meals, doctors, medication, tests ...

    Irrelevant to this discussion.

    I have several examples ... Do I need to explain to you the cost
    of healthcare, whatever healthcare, in the USA ?

    No. But it would be nice if you'd stop lying.


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  • From IB Joe@1:342/200 to Alan Ianson on Thu Aug 18 08:00:48 2022
    On 17 Aug 2022, Alan Ianson said the following...

    You said California was going to pay the travel costs.

    I don't see anything like that in the above.

    What makes you think California is going to pay travel costs?

    It's not my fault I was listening to the news one day and I heard the governor of California say that... It was within days, like a day or two, of Roe getting overturned.

    I personally don't care... I don't have a dog in the race.

    IB Joe
    AKA Joe Schweier
    SysOp of Joe's BBS
    -=JoesBBS.com=-

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  • From IB Joe@1:342/200 to Dan Clough on Thu Aug 18 08:08:54 2022
    On 17 Aug 2022, Dan Clough said the following...

    What is one of them??

    Coming from him, it means somebody who is *NOT* a commie-wannabe-socialist Koolaid slurper who believes that everything should be free, and that the tiny little European countries that depend on the USA for nearly everything are far superior to the USA. His good buddy Beeeorn is even worse.


    I was born in Canada and I naturalized to the US... I am a citizen of both countries. I prefer the US style of running things... prior to what's going on right now. To be honest I'm embarrassed to say that I'm Canadian with whats going on in Canada with Trudeau running things.

    I never thought we'd be here.

    It might be my prostate... but I piss Red, White & Blue!!!

    IB Joe
    AKA Joe Schweier
    SysOp of Joe's BBS
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  • From IB Joe@1:342/200 to MATT MUNSON on Thu Aug 18 08:14:00 2022
    On 17 Aug 2022, MATT MUNSON said the following...

    since other states are making it harder for minors to be transgender,
    one of the nutjobs Scott Wiener from the city of fruits and nuts wants
    to make it easier for trans youth to be transgender from out of state,
    but its going to be more people to take care of that we cant afford.

    If you want to be trans as an adult more power to you, and there are
    even other well known trans adults like buck angel and blair white who
    are getting sick of the idea of a 14 year old girl lobbing off her
    breasts or a 16 year old boy getting his third leg inverted.


    We are in troubled times...

    They should pass a law where a person who was encouraged to do this as a youth can sue your parents and any doctors who may be responsible in your sex change it would be cool...

    Parents and Dr. push you into things as a child and you have regrets later could be a big payday!!!

    IB Joe
    AKA Joe Schweier
    SysOp of Joe's BBS
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  • From Dale Shipp@1:261/1466 to Ward Dossche on Sat Aug 20 01:21:00 2022
    On 08-19-22 13:36, Ward Dossche <=-
    spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: Snitch Country <=-


    Yes, I have insurance and that insurance paid it all. I pay a
    reasonable amount for that insurance.
    You have insurance. I suspect that it is paid for in part or in total
    by your government.

    There is a portion withheld from the salary which is called "social contributions" and part of that health insurance system is
    funded from that source.

    Is that a flat fee for all or is it income based? About how much is it
    for a normal worker?
    How much of the other income taxes goes into paying for medical?

    I my case, I have an insurance plan that is subsidized by the federal government as a part of my having worked for the federal government
    before I retired from them. I pay a part of that insurance, I think it
    amounts to about US$300 per month out of my pocket. Almost every
    medical procedure / doctor visit is covered with no copay. There is
    only limited dental and vision benefits however.

    I can add that 45 or 50 years ago, I worked in England and was covered
    under their national health system. In several ways, it was
    substandard. There were long delays and limited availability of
    doctors. At that time I also carried a small private insurance and that
    helped cut the delay times and gave my family access to better selection
    of doctors.

    Dale Shipp
    fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
    (1:261/1466)


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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/107 to Dan Clough on Sat Aug 20 09:04:52 2022
    Dan Clough wrote to Mike Powell <=-

    Oh, and you've also caught him in another lie... If these babies
    (notice he's not calling it a 'fetus' any more) aren't really humans
    yet, how can they "sense that they are dying"? Kinda goes against the 'viable' narrative, wouldn't you say? Right, Ward?

    In this case, I think "not viable" means they cannot sustain life once
    born, not even with assistance. As he was talking about miscarriages, I
    guess that makes them a "baby/human" vs. a fetus since they were born on
    their own instead of being forced-born by choice of the mother?

    I don't see the difference, but I guess someone who thinks different might.




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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/107 to Dan Clough on Sat Aug 20 09:06:30 2022
    Dan Clough wrote to Mike Powell <=-

    I guess their own countries are too boring to talk about.

    Or.... by talking incessantly about how imperfect the US is, any conversation about the actual shit-hole status of their own countries
    is avoided... It's another very common Lefty tactic.

    In the case of the one on our continent, if you try asking him questions
    about his own government or, in particular, their PM, he will usually
    deflect or decline to answer... unless maybe it is about health care.


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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/107 to Ward Dossche on Sat Aug 20 09:18:00 2022
    Ward Dossche wrote to Dan Clough <=-

    Or perhaps the pain of being ripped apart by a pair of steel forceps? Having your limbs pulled from your body, maybe might hurt a little?

    It seems you have no idea how an abortion works ... it's a mere pill,
    or two pills ... Ever 'seen' an abortion, Dan? If forceps are shown,
    it's something else...probably a propaganda video.

    It depends on where you have it done and what kind. At one of the clinics
    in my state, you had a choice. You could do the pill route, which
    meant you had to go through most of it without a doctor present, and you
    had to make a return visit for a check-up after, or you could have it
    done same day, in office. The latter was indeed an invasive procedure but, barring complications, you did not have to return and you did not have to
    wait for the medication to do its thing.

    If a non-viable foetus is born, then it is a baby. There will be a birth-certificate and a death-certificate and an official burrial (with all the costs involved of an undertaker or so). Most cemetaries do have
    a childrens lot, very small graves.

    Those babies have way underdeveloped lungs and can't breathe properly, they will suffocate to death.

    Like I told Dan, the difference between "baby" vs. "foetus" is born on its own vs. forced-born, or "the mother wanted it" vs. "the mother didn't." That is not a very scientific difference.


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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/107 to IB Joe on Sun Aug 21 08:28:28 2022
    IB Joe wrote to Mike Powell <=-

    On 19 Aug 2022, Mike Powell said the following...

    The only work Alan will do is spin it around, claim he didn't say what he said, claim he was responding to someone else, etc.


    He must be a democrat

    The Canadian equivalent, I would guess so.


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